Tip trade card



July 12, 1932. W, M, WIGHT 1,867,432

TIP TRADE CARD Filed Aug. 9', 1928 WGH N BBQINHN EISEN VQSL Patented July 12, 1932 wrLLrAM M. waren'r, or Wnnnnrive, weer vinemrn'4 TIP 'rRADEfoARD v Appneatmnmedvaugust 9, 192s. serial 110,298,539.

My said 'invention relates rto a tiptrade card suchas-is commonly used for stimulating sales inlretail establishments, though 1t is also used in other ways,.as for determinlng subscriptions to' charities, for selection by building and loanassociations of-those who are to receive loans, for use in elections, etc. It is anob] ect of the invention toprovide in acompact and convenient form a device ot this character which shall c'arrya verylarge number of individual indicia or chances in a form such that selection of vany oneof them may be made in a ready and convenient y Illa-1111er.

Another object of the-invention isto pro-Y vide a card with convenientindicationsthereon for enabling themakersto attachthef in dicia carrying devices, this operation being at present done by hand.

Aurther object of the invention is` to provide a convenient means whereby the value of the indicia on the various detachable members may be varied.` In vending Inerchandise such variation isusually by way of multiplication of the value oi. indicia; e. g., a customer who takes one chance will receive asa minimum one article of merchandise such as a cigar or the like. y Should he draw a chance having, for example, a .number-corre'- sponding to'certain numbers listedin a convenient place on the trade card he may receive a multiple ofarticles of merchandise; e. g., three or live; or ten instead of one. `However, Where the device is used as a means of deternfiining the size oa subscription toga charity or the like a minimum of Vten, dollars may be set, for example, andthe personftaking a chancel ending in a numbery correspond,- ing to a number located on the cardaslabove described may havehis contribution divided by two or ve or ten as the i case Ymay u be, instead of being multiplied. l

`A further obj ect-ofthe invention isto-.proe vide concealing means-for anumeralfor further varying the vamount Y determined inc-merchandisefor otherwise by the chances taken. i A further Object ,is t0 provide improved `meansfor concealing the indicia for y'the chances.

Referring to the drawing, which is `made f a part of 4the application and kin which. similar reference characters indicate similar parts: l l

Fig. l isa plan of my inventionwith certain partsomitted and others specially arangedto illustratethe invention more clearya 1 i Fig. 2, a partialtransverse section of the device, f l

Fig. 3, an end View of v'onefofthe tickets p attached tothe card, and.

-Fig. 4F, a plan ofthe ticket fully opened. ln the drawingre'ierence character 1 0v indi,- Cates the cardror other foundation, hereillustrated as comprising a card offpasteboardor the like oldedalong its middlegintotheshape of a book. Strips 1l of paper or the like, herein called tickets,v are shown as attachedto the card having short lengths at l2, .this being done preferably by pasting them in place.

The tickets are arranged in overlapping rela*- tion in series starting near .the foldof the card-andrunning in opposite directions from s aid fold, thevarious series of rowsbeing par,- allel to each other and to the ends of the card. Tofacilitate application of the'tickets in this manner parallel linesare preferably drawn on thecard as indicated at 12 and pairs of such parallel lines are connectedby cross-fV lines 13 so located as'to indicate thepoint i at which the tickets are tovbe positioned inY attaching them. The tickets have. at one end a spaceindicated at 14 von which-isnp'laced a number. correspondingtov aLnumber located onthecard at 4l5, so asto vpreventanyone from using a ticket takenfrom one cardl as a substitute for a ticket takenl from another card, thusto Vobtain goods to which he is not entitled. f Atfgthe other -endlof theftieket in the' present embodiment of the invention there is a number and this number is vconcealed by folding the ticket as for example, along lines indicated atl.` To further safe-l guard the ticket against advancev examination by customers a clip 17 is placed over the folded portion, this clip being here indicated as consisting of a strip of paperwith adhesivev material on one' face thereof this stri being k7 2D i K folded transversely about the folded portion of the ticket 11 and secured in place by means of the adhesive material. It will readily be seen that any ticket maybe selected and the indicia thereon disclosed by removing orf breaking the clip 17 and then unfolding! the folded part of ticketfll,Y i 'f A space is left"at118,piefeiialily` to one end of the card on which arepl-.aeed

sist of a single numeral from 0 to 9 inclusive, such :as f5 for example. Then assuming the legends as shown in the drawing with a blank space at the end of each. If the-,indiciaon-'the tickets are in the form of numbers, as will.

commonly be the case, then the legends indicate zcertain numbers that yhave'a special value, which values are to be designated by still other numbers placed in pencil-or ink in the blank spaces to the right of the legends by themerchant. In the present embodiment of the invention the first line in the space above lreferred to now reads, Any number ending in `l0, 20, 30, 40, receives but if desired, instead of thenumbers here shown in the legend as 10, y20,V 30, 40, there may be used any set of numbers from 00 to 99 inclusive, and they may be applied to the individual card by the merchantor by the iirst customer.

In the present embodiment of the invention the second line in the spacef above referred to now reads, Any tip 'number ending-in 29,` receives The tip number is a number which is written by the merchant or the first customer in thelsecond line of the legend.` This number should consist' of any numberffrom 00 to 99 inclusive, unless the number of tickets on the card is more or less than a thousand; if more, 'then from O00 to 999 inclusive, and if less, then from 0 to 9 inclusive, as the case may be. Assumingl that the tip number 'is 29, the customer who draws a number ending in 29, e. g., 029, 129, 229, etc., will then receive a multiple of articles corresponding to the number written ticket with tip numberen'dingV in 29 until all tickets have beenremoved vfrom the card. A separate value is given tothe tip *number under ythe 'seal as indicated in the last line in the space above referred to. i This tip number under the seal is a digit that is to be vadded to the left of the tip number named in the second line above referred to, and the customer who has drawn the number thus indicated will receive the multiple of articles Vof merchandise corresponding to the numvbe retained by the customers untilv the tip numberunderthe seal has been exposed. I

-. yIn the present embodiment of the inveng tion thethird line in thespace above referred tof'novsT reads, Theftip number under seal, receives This number should contip number under the seal to be 5, and the tip number` designatedon the second line of the legendV to be29, the customer who has drawn 529:':will vbe entitled to receiveJthe multiple of' articles" correspondingrto the number Written inthe Ablank space at the end of the third-line above referred to;v r

Whole numbers will usually be'inserted in theblank spaces at the ends of `the three lines in space 18,ie.lg., 3 in the upper space, 5 in the second and lOvin the lower one,-but it will be understood that the numbers may be fractiona'lor'vdecimal for purposes such as above set-forth., Numerous otherchanges will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and therefore If do' not "limit myself to-what is shown inthe drawing and described lin the vvspecifi'- cation but lonly 'asindicated in the 'appended Having thus fully described my said invention, whatI .claim as new'and desire to secure-byLetters Patent, is: Y l'zwI'n'a device of the :character described, thecombination of acard,a series 'of strips lof paper ortickets eachv securedtoV the card at o nev end-and l arranged in overlapl'oingV re; lation, said stripsor tickets being folded-on themselves at their free .ends to conceal indicia carriedthereby, and narrow strips of adhesive paper-secured about the folded ends to holdthefolded endsin position. 2." As an articlefof manufacture, a stripof paper having printed matter'on one facesaid stripV being folded at'one end to Vconceal such printed matter,"and a strip of gummed paper encircling the folded end of 'the' printedaan about the folded end transversely of the first-named strip for holding the folded end in folded position.

4L. As an article of manufacture, a strip of paper having printed matter on one face said strip being folded to conceal such printed matter and a strip of gummed paper en-V circling said folded strip in a direction parallel to the fold lines to prevent surreptitious inspection of the concealed printed matter.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.v

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT. 

